QUESTION: I’m pregnant.People here and my family also say that pregnant women should get in to the home from the evening twilight time and shouldn’t go out after that. Is this islamicaly right?

Innovations, Superstitions
18 Apr

ANSWER: No, this is baseless and has nothing to do with Islam.

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QUESTION: In my culture, the people on Eid day greet each other with a hug three times and they do not really do this outside of Eid day (occasionally they may). Someone told me that because the people single out Eid day to do this hug, it becomes a bid’ah (innovation) and we should not do it. I want to know if this is bid’ah and whether or not I should stop people from giving me this triple hug on Eid.

Innovations, Sports, Entertainment and Music
18 Apr

ANSWER: No problem in this (between same gender and mehrams) as its a cultural thing and people do not do it as an act of worship.

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QUESTION: Sheikh assim if i am doing taqleed i am following a person(e.g you),and i follow you,may Allah give you long life,when the person i follow dies who should i follow, I mean do i have to study fiqh from other person all over again as i cant ask questions from you anymore?

Knowledge & Propagation
18 Apr

ANSWER: You will find many like me who are following the Quran and Sunnah with the understanding of the favorite 3 generations.  This is the religion of Allah and not dependent on one single person and Allah will protect His religion. 

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QUESTION:  I came from India to Makkah on 1st April/22nd fast of Ramadan after my exams, and my total fasts are 29. Should I make one fast up before fasting for Shawwal or do my fasts end with the local people of Makkah?

Fasting, Fasting and Ramadan
17 Apr

ANSWER: As long as you have completed 29 fasts, you don’t have to keep one more fast if you did not skip any day in ramadan

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QUESTION: Can i follow aadhans from mosque who rejects sahih hadiths or mosque which does shirk. I am in a locality where i have two mosque near me both the mosque either does shirk or rejects sahih hadiths (eg: Rejecting hadith and believing a spell does not casted upon mohammad s.w.t). or should i follow the salafi mosque (far from my home but has a app that sync aadhan time)

Innovations, Prayer, Sects, Shirk and its different forms
17 Apr

ANSWER: No problem in replying to the adhan but you must not pray behind such people and you must attend the congregation in the salafi masjid.

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QUESTION: My family, who are all hanafi, say that the Prophet Muhammad said or gave a fatwa that stop doing rafa yul dain, because idol worshippers had idols in armpits. And raising the hands would drop the idols and some other stuff. Is this true? If so, what do I say to them?

Prayer, Sects
17 Apr

ANSWER: This is a blatant lie and a baseless fabrication.

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QUESTION: While praying, when shaytan brings thoughts in your head or is annoying you, and we are suggested to recite auzubillah and dry spit on our left thrice. So if i am in sajood or ruku, do i have to wait and stand straight after ruku or sit at tashhud after sajood to recite auzubillah?

Prayer, Waswaas - Whispers of Shaytaan
16 Apr

ANSWER: Yes, you need to wait until you sit back from sujood 

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QUESTION: If a girl and boy are in forbidden relationship and one of their freind reads nikkah in mockery infront of two other freinds and they accepted…are they in a serious nikkah or it isn’t halal

Invalid Marriages, Pre-Marital Relations
16 Apr

ANSWER: This is not nikah but totally prohibited and mockery of Allah’s rulings! These two are fornicators and committing one of the major sins in Islam! 

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QUESTION: Do we have to read a surah followed by surah fatiha in all the rakahs of witr if we are praying 9 rakats together

Prayer
16 Apr

ANSWER: Reciting another surah after fateha is a recommended sunnah but it’s not obligatory in any of the prayers.

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QUESTION: Sheikh my masjid there are 2 imams for taraweeh that split it 10-10. If I pray till the 10 rakah with the first imam do I still get the reward of ibadah all night?

Taraweeh, Tahajjud and Qiyam-ul-Layl
15 Apr

ANSWER: No.

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